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RCN welcomes report highlighting beneficial impact of EU staff on the health service
But college disagrees about preferential treatment to work in UK after Brexit
Newsroom
RCN demands bursary rethink as student numbers drop again
The number of students starting nursing courses in the UK is down for the second year
NHS pay in Wales: health unions back three-year deal
Nurses will reach the top of their pay bands more quickly
RCN welcomes report highlighting beneficial impact of EU staff on the health service
But college disagrees about preferential treatment to work in UK after Brexit
RCN pay deal row: everything you need to know about the EGM
Your guide to the issues behind the motion of no confidence, and how RCN members can have...
Figures show more people with cancer in England are waiting longer for treatment
RCN says nurses ‘see at first hand the distress that breaching the target causes patients’
Hear how a nurse-led acute response team dramatically reduced cardiac arrest
Series 3 Episode 6: Nurse practitioner Amor Palada talks about preventing cardiac arrest
Evidence and Practice
Fingertip injuries in children: a review of the literature
Fingertip injuries in children are a common presentation in emergency settings. These...
Does use of the LUCAS device improve mortality in adult patients with out-of-hospital...
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a common occurrence in the UK, with 60,000 cases...
Lyme disease: recognition and management for emergency nurses
Over the past ten years there has been a significant rise in the number of people who...
Compassion in emergency departments. Part 2: barriers to the provision of compassionate...
In the second part of this three-part series, David Hunter and colleagues discuss the...
Emergency management of burns: part 2
Infrequent presentation of this patient group to emergency departments can cause stress and...
An exploration of the reasons why people attend but do not wait to be seen in emergency...
Aim The aim of the study was to explore the reasons why people do not always wait to receive...
Features
Advanced practice: which path should nurses take?
How the advanced clinical practitioner role could affect the future of nursing
RCNi Emergency Nursing Award 2018 recognises the importance of research in the...
Heather Jarman has built a successful nurse-led team in her emergency department which is...
Stopping sensory overload in emergency departments for people on the autism spectrum
A deputy sister in Northern Ireland has set up a hospital quiet room to help patients cope
Sepsis: how one ED has achieved a 70% rise in patients receiving life-saving treatment...
Cambridge hospital trust uses digital technology to provide faster access to sepsis care in...
RCN chair: Adamant nurses must use their voice
RCN chair Maria Trewern is full of hope for the profession – and wants to give members more...
Hand hygiene needn’t mean sore skin
A new guide from the RCN shows how to combine hand hygiene with skin care
Opinion
Choosing the right road to your leadership style
Rhian Monteith looks at the importance of building on strengths rather than correcting...
How the Mary Seacole course has influenced me as a leader
Lou Adams reflects on how her leadership style was challenged by the training programme
Speculating on the future of emergency care
What does the future hold for emergency care with a new health secretary, ponders Justin...
Students
Leading on a cardiac arrest made me confident in giving CPR
Aiding a woman after a heart attack made a student more confident in handling emergencies
On the front line with a paramedic
A day spent shadowing a paramedic showed the complex range of skills this role requires, and...
Careers
‘Be prepared to work outside your comfort zone’
Senior charge nurse Susan Macaulay describes what it takes to work in an emergency...
‘Do the right thing and be prepared to support an unpopular view’
Senior lecturer Lorna McInulty explains how becoming a trauma nurse co-coordinator changed...
‘Persist and be ambitious: nothing that comes easy is worth having’
University of Wolverhampton Institute of Health Professions senior lecturer Jim Bethel...